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Legitimacy vs Correctness - What's the difference?

legitimacy | correctness | Synonyms |

Legitimacy is a synonym of correctness.


As nouns the difference between legitimacy and correctness

is that legitimacy is the quality of being legitimate or valid; validity while correctness is freedom from error.

legitimacy

English

Noun

(head)
  • the quality of being legitimate or valid; validity

    • Synonyms

    * legitimateness (much less common)

    correctness

    English

    (wikipedia correctness)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • freedom from error
  • conformity to the truth or to fact
  • conformity to recognized standards
  • (computing) The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.

    • Antonyms

    * incorrectness